ILL-FATED MOTOR - BOAT IN WHICH THE LATE SIR HENRY SEGRAVE BROKE THE WORLD'S WATER-SPEED RECORD. Ton- Minn En eland 11. photographed in the workshop after her recent completion in England.. Lower: The late Sir Henry Segrave and the designer, Mr. F Cooper (ri"ht), looking over the powerful 4000 h.p. engine of the new craft, which cost £25,000 to build. Sir Henry was killed when the boat overturned on Lake Windermere immediately after having set a new world's record of over 98 miles an hour. These are the first pictures of the ill-fated boat to be received from England.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20605, 2 July 1930, Page 13
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98ILL-FATED MOTOR – BOAT IN WHICH THE LATE SIR HENRY SEGRAVE BROKE THE WORLD'S WATER-SPEED RECORD. Ton- Minn En eland 11. photographed in the workshop after her recent completion in England.. Lower: The late Sir Henry Segrave and the designer, Mr. F Cooper (ri"ht), looking over the powerful 4000 h.p. engine of the new craft, which cost £25,000 to build. Sir Henry was killed when the boat overturned on Lake Windermere immediately after having set a new world's record of over 98 miles an hour. These are the first pictures of the ill-fated boat to be received from England. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20605, 2 July 1930, Page 13
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